History of National Water Academy

An auspicious birth of Central Training Unit (CTU) on 8th of March, 1988 inside the
Central Water & Power Research Station (CWPRS) campus, blessed by the benevolence
of heavenly powers grew in to NWA in 2001. The CTU model made by the real leaders,
with its emphasis on water resources training and tightly bounded disciplines has
served well for more than decades, yielding intellectual breakthroughs in many WR
facets. The Upper Krishna Division with its water quality lab got its shelter in the new
complex, thus the notion of field engineering was woven into NWA body. The presence
of CWPRS augments to the spirit of Academy and training activities supplementing the
physical model know-how.

NWA (earlier named as Central Training Unit) was set up in Central Water Commission
in the year 1988, to impart training to the in-service engineers of various Central/State
organizations involved in the Development & Management of Water Resources. It was
established under USAID assistance and strengthened with the subsequent assistance
received from the World Bank under Hydrology Project-I. Now it is functioning under
full funding from budget of Ministry of Water Resources.